When Hunt, Adams, and Howsam were unable to secure a controlling interest in the Chicago Cardinals, they approached NFL commissioner Bert Bell and proposed the addition of expansion teams.

2009 marked a low point, with the team's attendance averaging around 50, 000, causing seven of the eight home games to be blacked out, and leading NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to address the issue with owner Wayne Weaver.

However on July 26, 2012 Jonathan Vilma and seven witnesses from the Saints testified in front of a federal judge in New Orleans that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell got his facts wrong in the bounty scandal.

The team wore black helmets during the 1969 preseason, but NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle barred the Saints from using the helmets during the regular season, since Mecom did not notify the league office of the change.

The club was established in 1933 as a replacement for the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets after a syndicate led by future NFL commissioner Bert Bell purchased the rights to a Philadelphia franchise from the league.

Former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle joined the coin toss ceremony.

To honor the recent death of former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, who died on December 6, 1996, each player wore a special helmet decal with Rozelle's signature, " Pete ," printed across the NFL logo.

The team name was opposed by St. Petersburg businessmen on the grounds that it emphasized Tampa at the expense of other Bay Area cities, until NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle himself met with them to encourage their support.

Not coincidentally, the NFL commissioner at this time was Elmer Layden, another of Knute Rockne's legendary 1924 backfield.

* Philadelphia Eagles founder and National Football League commissioner Bert Bell spent his final years in Narberth, and there is a plaque in his honor in downtown Narberth outside the location of the restaurant where he usually conducted NFL business.

NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle recognized the partnership as a viable means of communicating the good works of United Ways while putting faces on a league of players hidden by helmets.

Later, NFL commissioner Joseph Carr ruled in favor of Lyons and the Jeffs.

Before the season ended, however, the Maroons were suspended by NFL commissioner Joseph Carr, thus denying them the championship title.

Despite the long-time backing of Bears founder George Halas, Steelers founder Art Rooney and, more recently, Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeff Lurie, the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and former commissioner Paul Tagliabue, the NFL ’ s other owners, led, not surprisingly, by the Cardinals, still continue to vote it down ( 30-2 ).

They have zero NFL championships, but Joseph Carr, the team's owner from 1907 to 1922, is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame for his work with NFL commissioner.

They remained close friends after Rozelle became NFL commissioner and Schramm became general manager of the Cowboys ( each holding their position for 29 years ).

During lunch with NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle in 1967, Tiffany & Co. vice president Oscar Riedner made a sketch on a cocktail napkin of what would become the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Alvin Ray " Pete " Rozelle (; March 1, 1926 – December 6, 1996 ) was the commissioner of the National Football League ( NFL ) from January 1960 to November 1989, when he retired from office.

After Bert Bell's death in 1959, Rozelle was the surprise choice for his replacement as NFL commissioner.

After an NFL team ( the Giants ) had signed an AFL player ( the Buffalo Bills ' Pete Gogolak ) in early 1966, American Football League commissioner Al Davis had shaken the NFL.

Supporters of Jacksonville's bid included NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, President Neil Austrian, Vice President Roger Goodell, Bud Adams of the Houston Oilers, Rankin Smith of the Atlanta Falcons and Ken Hofmann of the Seattle Seahawks.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stated, " The payments here are particularly troubling because they involved not just payments for ' performance ,' but also for injuring opposing players.

It was the first of only two times that two teams have played each other in the Super Bowl after playing on the final weekend of the regular season ( the New York Giants and New England Patriots played in the final week of the 2007 regular season and met again in Super Bowl XLII ). Under NFL scheduling rules put in place by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell prior to the 2010 season, the Super Bowl participants will not be able to play each other on the final weekend of the regular season, since all games on the final weekend now match division opponents.

In all, Faulk gained a record 2, 429 total yards and became just the second running back in NFL history to gain over 1, 000 yards rushing and receiving in the same season ( Roger Craig was the first ).

University of Missouri standout and NFL Hall of Famer Roger Wehrli of the St. Louis Cardinals is an alumnus of King City High School.

* Roger Goodell, NFL Executive Vice-President and COO ( 2001 – 2006 ) then Commissioner ( 2006 – Present )

In 1972, the Redskins won the NFC championship game of the 1972-73 NFL playoffs against the Dallas Cowboys, when they limited the Cowboys to 3 points, 96 rushing yards on 21 carries, and, despite Roger Staubach as their quarterback, to 73 net passing yards, as McDole held his own against the opposing right offensive tackle, Rayfield Wright, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

In addition to Selig, the other current commissioners of the North American major professional leagues are Roger Goodell in the NFL, David Stern in the NBA, Gary Bettman in the NHL, and Don Garber in MLS.

Skinner is the father of Thomas V. Skinner, former head of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's national compliance program and director of the EPA's region 5, Steven Skinner, CEO of KemperSports Management, and Jane Skinner, a former news anchor on Fox News Channel's Happening Now, and wife of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

After the questionable game winning touchdown scored by Golden Tate and the Seattle Seahawks against the Packers, Erpenbach was upset with the NFL and tweeted commisoner Roger Goodells office phone number.

In a November 16, 2007 column, Bill Simmons, " the Sports Guy ," compared NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to Pusser.

One of his childhood heroes was his home state Senator, Charles Goodell, the father of future NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

On April 27, 2009, the six “ Commissioners of American Sport ” – Roger Goodell ( NFL ), David Stern ( NBA ), Bud Selig ( MLB ), Gary Bettman ( NHL ), Tim Finchem ( PGA Tour ) and Brian France ( NASCAR ) – were part of a presentation that concluded with Muhammad Ali awarding Ebersol the Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Being Roger Staubach's successor and never reaching a Super Bowl, contributed to White's being an unappreciated player, considering all of the successes he achieved for the Cowboys and the NFL during the decade of the eighties.

The lawsuit claimed NFL commissioner Roger Goodell " had violated the league's labor agreement by showing he had pre-determined the guilt of the players punished in the bounty probe before serving as the arbitrator for their June 18 appeal hearing ".

In December 2007, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry wrote a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking for the league to settle their differences in time for the New England Patriots-New York Giants game on December 29 that would be broadcast on Saturday Night Football.

* Roger Goodell, Current commissionner of the NFL

* Roger Staubach NFL Hall of Famer, 1985 class, Dallas Cowboys, mvp Super Bowl VI

This was among the plays by Roger Staubach that enhanced his fame and legend as noted in NFL Hall of Fame Archives.

Johnson served on the NFL Commissioner search committee in which a list of 185 candidates to succeed Paul Tagliabue was narrowed down to the final choice of Roger Goodell.

" Johnson said about the incidents, " First of all, I want to apologize to the fans of the Kansas City Chiefs and the rest of the NFL, Commissioner Goodell, the Chiefs organization, Coach Todd Haley, his staff, and my teammates for the words I used yesterday.

He initially denied any involvement, but recanted and admitted everything in a meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

If and when Williams applies for reinstatement, Goodell will consider how much Williams cooperates with the NFL in its continuing investigation ; Goodell also expects Williams to participate in league efforts to eliminate bounty systems altogether.

During the offseason, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced he was suspending nine different free agents, one of which was Rhodes.

On the August 15, 2006 episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, Gumbel made the following remarks about former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and National Football League Players Association president Gene Upshaw and directed these comments to new commissioner Roger Goodell: